Publications and media

Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Aavik, Kadri. 2021. "Vegan Men: Towards Greater Care for (Non)Human Others, Earth and Self". In: Pulé, Paul; Hultman, Martin (Ed.).  (329−350). Palgrave Macmillan.

Aavik, Kadri and Marta Velgan. 2021. Vegan Men’s Food and Health Practices: A Recipe for a More Health-Conscious Masculinity? American Journal of Men's Health 5(15): 1-14. 

Aavik, Kadri. 2019. The rise of veganism in post-socialist Europe: Making sense of emergent vegan practices and identities in Estonia. In: Wright, Laura (Ed.). (151−170). University of Nevada Press.

Aavik, Kadri. 2019. Institutional resistance to veganism: Constructing vegan bodies as deviant in medical encounters in Estonia. Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine, 1-18, published July 3, 2019.

Aavik, Kadri. 2018. The animal advocacy movement in the Baltic states: Links to other social justice issues and possibilities for intersectional activism. Journal of Baltic Studies, 1-19.

Kupsala, S. (forthcoming in 2020) Tuotantoeläinten aseman muuttuminen: Suuren yleisön asenteet yhteiskunnallisena voimatekijänä. In Aaltola, E. & Wahlberg, B. (Eds.). Me ja muut eläimet: Uusi maail-manjärjestys. Tampere: Vastapaino.

Other scientific publications

Kupsala, S. 2020. . Lectio Praecursoria. TRACE ? Journal for Human-Animal Studies, 6(1), 76-85.

Publications intended for the general public and professional communities

Apell, Pirjo, Munck, Lilli & Kupsala, Saara. 2018. Reseptiikan kehitys tuo ilmastokestävät kasvisruoat ammattikeittiöihin. AmmattikeittiöOsaaja 3/2018. p. 16-17.

Aavik, Kadri. 2019. [Vegan men’s quiet and powerful protest against killing and eating animals]. Eesti Ekspress (largest Estonian weekly newspaper), 7 August, 2019.

Scientific conferences and seminars

Aavik, Kadri. 2018. Institutional resistance to veganism: constructing the vegan body as deviant in medical encounters in Estonia. (Un)common worlds – Human–Animal Studies Conference, 7.–9 August 2018, Turku.

Irni, Kuura. 2018. Staying with the Trouble with Cats: Considering Intersectional Challenges and Queer Potential in Cat-Human Relations. (Un)common worlds – Human–Animal Studies Conference, 7.–9.8.2018, Turku.

Kupsala, Saara. 2018. Ethical meat from family farms? Transparency and proximity in a blog marketing campaign on broiler production. (Un)common worlds – Human–Animal Studies Conference, 7–9 August 2018, Turku.

Workshop “Transformative perspectives on interspecies relations and food practices: feminism, intersectionality and critical animal studies” , November 22–34, Finnish Gender Studies Conference, Turku.

The project organised a public talk by Dr. Richard Twine, titled  in the Christina Research Seminar, University of Helsinki, 15.1.2019.

Irni, Kuura. 2019. Queer visions of families and close relations with nonhuman animals, Keynote lecture, Finnish Seminar for Human-Animal Studies, 8.–9.4.2019, Helsinki. 

Joki, Milla-Maria. 2019. The role of naming in rescue cat stories. Finnish Seminar for Human-Animal Studies, 8.–9.4.2019, Helsinki.

Aavik, Kadri. 2019. Veganism as citizen protest. Estonia's Future Environments. Conference of Estonian Social Sciences XI, 26-27.04.2019, Tartu.

Aavik, Kadri. 2019. Men's narratives of becoming and living as vegan: veganism as a pathway to alternative (more egalitarian) masculinities? Rethinking revolution: nonhuman animals, antispeciesism, and power. 6th Conference of the European Association for Critical Animal Studies (EACAS), 22-24.05.2019, Barcelona.

Aavik, Kadri. 2019. Vegan men challenging violence against non-human animals: veganism as a path towards more egalitarian masculinities? Gender Studies Conference on Violence, 24.-26.11.2019, Helsinki.

Komulainen, Riitta. 2019. A critical discourse analysis of Hommaforum and its veg*ans. Gender Studies Conference on Violence, 24.-26.11.2019, Helsinki.

Kupsala, Saara. 2019. Vegan foods in large-scale catering: exploring cultural negotiations on changing practices. Gender Studies Conference on Violence, 24.-26.11.2019, Helsinki.

Workshop "Violence against non-human animals: intersectional perspectives". Gender Studies Conference on Violence, 24.-26.11.2019, Helsinki.

Aavik, Kadri. 2019. Vegan men: towards more sustainable and egalitarian masculinities? RINGS Conference:  Genders and Feminisms in a Polarised World: Sustainability, Futures and Utopias, 2.-3.10.2019, Tallinn.

Aavik, Kadri. 2019. Veganism as a pathway towards more egalitarian masculinities? Narrative of vegan men in Finland and Estonia. Gothenburg University, GU-CAS network seminar, 7.11.2019, Gothenburg.

Seminars and events intended for the general public and professional communities

The event , November 28, 2018, Think Corner, Helsinki. Speakers: Kadri Aavik, Panda Eriksson, Lilli Munck and Tania Nathan. Chair: Kuura Irni.

Kuura Irni was a panelist in the event , Helsinki, 16.1.2019. 

Panel discussion "Climate Change and Violence: Recognizing and Fighting Injustices" at Think Corner. Gender Studies 2019 Conference: On Violence, 24.10.-26.10.2019, University of Helsinki. Panelists: Petra Laiti, Violeta Gutierrez Zamora, Sari Rautio, Kadri Aavik.

Aavik, Kadri. 2019. Men and veganism: Estonian men's experiences of living as vegan. Estonian Animal Rights Conference 2019, May 3, 2019, Tallinn.

Aavik, Kadri. 2019. Veganism as everyday activism: vegan men addressing animal exploitation and climate change in everyday life. Public talk (organised by GU-CAS network), 6.11.2019, Gothenburg.

Aavik, Kadri. 2019. Men and veganism: becoming and living as vegan. Tallinn Vegan Fair, 9.11.2019, Tallinn.

Aavik, Kadri. 2020.  at The 5th International Conference on Men and Equal Opportunities: Men who care, September 3, 2020, Tallinn.

Interview with Saara Kupsala in Yle Radio 1, Roman Schatzin Maamme-kirja, episode , February 11, 2019.

Interview with Kadri Aavik (in Estonian) for the Estonian animal rights [Voice of Animals], May 2019.

Interview with Kadri Aavik:  [Study: Estonian men go vegan because of concern for environment and animal suffering]. Õhtuleht (major Estonian daily newspaper). 6 May, 2019.

Interview with Saara Kupsala in Karjalainen, , July 24, 2019.

Interview with Saara Kupsala in Yle news , August 8, 2019.

Interview with Saara Kupsala in Helsingin Sanomat, , August 8, 2019.

Interview with Saara Kupsala in Yle Radio 1, Horisontti, episode , August 11, 2019.

Interview with Saara Kupsala in Karjalainen, , August 15, 2019.

Interview with Saara Kupsala in Maaseudun Tulevaisuus, ", August 16, 2019.

Interview with Saara Kupsalan in Animalia 4/2019, "".

Interview with Saara Kupsalan in a youth book (Annila, Pekkonen & Uusitalo, Otava 2020).

Interview with Saara Kupsala in Yle Radio Suomen Päivä, June 17, 2020.

Interview with Saara Kupsala in, June 23, 2020.

Interview with Saara Kupsala in Ilkka-Pohjalainen, July 28, 2020.

, August 2020.